Although the post-SXSW list of releases is a bit thin compared to previous weeks, there are some excellent new albums to send you trekking to your favorite record store. Included on the list are a few notable Seattle artists such as the eminently lovable indie band BOAT, whose album cover for Dress Like Your Idols is fun who’s who of alternative rock. (BOAT, by the way, will be our guests live on KEXP tomorrow morning at 9:30AM. Tune in!). Another great indie band from the Northwest (from Anacortes, actually), The Lonely Forest are releasing their new record, Arrows, as the debut on the Chris Walla-helmed Trans Records. And though she’s Danish, Maggie Bjorklund spent a bit of time in the Seattle area and recorded her new album, Coming Home, with guest including notable NW artists like Rachel Flotard, Jon Auer and Mark Lanegan.
Other worthwhile new releases come from Sweden’s Acid House Kings, New Orleans’ shoegazers Belong, 70′s funk-lovin’ San Francisco musician Quinn Luke, aka Bing Ji Ling, Orange County based but channeling Manchester band Voxhaul Broadcast, and UK producer Gold Panda, who collects a few 2009 EPs into one fine album, and who will also be live on KEXP tomorrow! (Tune in for Gold Panda at noon!). Also of note, The Strokes have released their fourth studio album and Duran Duran their thirteenth! Check out all of these and more on Largehearted Boy’s list, and sample selections right here:
Acid House Kings - Are We Lovers Or Are We Friends? (MP3)
from Music Sounds Better with You on Labrador Records
Karen Ann - My Name Is Trouble
from 101 on Blue Note Records
Ed Askew - Deep Water (MP3)
from Imperfiction on Drag City
Baby Dee - Yapapipi (MP3)
from Regifted Light on Drag City
Belong - Perfect Life (MP3)
from Common Era on Kranky
Bing Ji Ling - Everybody (MP3)
from Shadow to Shine on Tummy Touch Records
Maggie Bjorklund - Intertwined (MP3)
from Coming Home on Bloodshot Records
BOAT - Forever In Armitron (MP3)
from Dress Like Your Idols on Magic Marker
Edwyn Collins - Losing Sheep
from Losing Sheep on Heavenly Recordings
Dangerous Ponies - I Only Wear My Favorite Clothes at Home (MP3)
from Dangerous Ponies on Punk Rock Payroll
Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now
from All You Need Is Now on S-Curve Records
Algodon Egipcio - El Dia Previo (MP3)
from La Lucha Constante on Lefse Records
William Fitzsimmons - The Tide Pulls from the Moon
from Gold In The Shadow on Nettwerk Records
Gary Higgins - Laugh a Little (MP3)
from A Dream a While Back on Drag City
Leverage Models - Tonight When I Burn (MP3)
from Interim Deliverable EP on Home Tapes
The Lonely Forest - Coyote (MP3)
from Arrows on Trans Records
Micachu and the Shapes - Everything (MP3)
from Chopped & Screwed on Rough Trade
Parenthetical Girls - The Pornographer (MP3)
from Privilege, Pt. 3 on Slender Means Society
Penguins Kill Polar Bears - Lungs (MP3)
from Vessels & Veins on Dromedary Records
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Karmageddon
from Golden Greats No. 1 on Little W Productions USA/The Orchard
The Strokes - Under Cover Of Darkness
from Angles on RCA Records
Voxhaul Broadcast ‒ Leaving on the 5th (MP3)
from Timing is Everything (self-released)
2 Comments
I hope you guys feature a free mp3, or an article, on Craft Spell’s album “Idle Labor” that was also released today but it’s not listed above. See, the band is from Seattle and they’re real good! :)
The physical album comes out next week!